[Discuss-gnuradio] Regular FM radio fine, POCSAG horrible

[Stephan van Beerschoten]

Hi Guys,

I compiled gnuradio for my ODROID ARM platform, and I can listen to
regular wideband radio just fine.  I am using a Generic RTL2832U with
Rafael Micro R820T tuner.

The radio quality is fine, and even when using the rtl_fm tool
directly (off topic for this list), it works.

However, when I switch channels to 155.520 to capture POCSAG
broadcasts I cannot get a clear reception. I can't find any decent
documentation on GR to tell me what each setting is, and I am not a
HAM radio operator so some of the basics evade me.

I can't get decent POCSAG reception with the rtl_fm tool either, so
this is probably a setting thing somewhere.

Why can't I get clear reception? Any pointers?

Stephan